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Archive Home > 2013 > January > 26 > Mutations in ‘junk’ DNA spur spread of skin cancers

Mutations in ‘junk’ DNA spur spread of skin cancers

By Drew Armstrong / The Bulletin
January 26, 2013

Human DNA that researchers once thought served no purpose may play a crucial role in deadly skin cancers, harboring some of the mutations that first appear in tumors and promote the malignancy’s growth.

Using gene sequencing technology, scientists at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston....

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